Senior Manager / Director - Portfolio Manager (m/f/d) "Quality Management Applications"
Fresenius Kabi
2025-12-02
Bad Homburg
Targets of the position:
- Lead a high-performing IT team by fostering development, ensuring operational excellence, and aligning team goals with strategic business objectives.
- Ensure effective financial and resource stewardship through proactive budget planning, contract management, and vendor coordination.
- Drive operational application and service management by delivering reliable IT solutions, ensuring compliance, and enabling business innovation on modern technology. Your key responsibilities: Leadership & Team Development Lead teams with full disciplinary responsibility, virtual and international, and manage highly complex processes, services, and technologies.
- Oversee resource planning, people management, and foster effective relationships to leverage diverse talents.
- Build collaborative relationships, foster diverse talents, and influence people to achieve team and organizational goals.
- Monitor, coordinate, and ensure the quality of team output; initiate measures for continuous quality improvement. Financial & Resource Stewardship Support budget planning and control through accurate forecasting, continuous monitoring, and timely reporting of deviations to ensure financial adherence and transparency towards management. Demand & Service Management Support business and IT stakeholders in identifying technology requirements, conducting market analysis, and defining application roadmaps and cloud strategies.
- Manage the application portfolio in alignment with business and IT strategy, while overseeing IT demand through structured processes and tools to ensure strategic prioritization and transparency.
- Define and implement service frameworks, sourcing models, and contracts while developing technology and service strategies that respond to corporate guidance and evolving business needs.
- Continuously improve services and processes in complex environments by identifying optimization opportunities and proactively managing risks through targeted optimization strategies. Project Delivery Drive end-to-end project execution, including data migration, configuration, development, testing, and user acceptance. Operational Excellence & Compliance Execute and continuously improve emergency support processes in collaboration with business and third-party providers.
- Ensure audit readiness and compliance with internal policies and external regulatory requirements.
- Oversee external partnerships and ensure adherence to governance, data protection, security, and operational standards. Your skills and experiences: Academic qualifications in IT, business, or related fields - or equivalent professional experience demonstrating strategic and operational excellence, focusing on quality in pharmaceutical area.
- Extensive multi-annual experience in managing complex processes and solutions in GxP environment including project and program leadership across global environments.
- Proven track record in functional management and team leadership, with strong capabilities in guiding cross-functional and multicultural teams.
- Strong communication skills across cultures and organizational levels, with the ability to influence decisions and align diverse stakeholders.
- Ability to build trust, foster strong working relationships, and collaborate effectively across global functions and with external partners in a virtual environment.
- Ability to make sound decisions under pressure and take ownership of decisions and results.
- Language & Mobility - Fluent English is required; additional languages are a plus. Willingness to travel internationally based on business needs. Why Join Us? At Fresenius Kabi, you’ll contribute to something meaningful: delivering life-saving therapies to patients around the world. As part of a global IT transformation, you will work in a highly visible, impactful role with the opportunity to shape and renew our global IT platforms in a regulated environment. You will join a diverse and dynamic team in a collaborative environment where your expertise will help drive innovation, efficiency, and quality across our digital landscape.